textfiles/messages/ALANWESTON/1994/CIS01_23.txt

#: 19636 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    22-Jan-94  11:28:58
Sb: #19622-UUCP for OSK
Fm: David George 72240,134
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230

Thanks for the info.

#: 19637 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    22-Jan-94  11:29:15
Sb: #19626-UUCP for OSK
Fm: David George 72240,134
To: ole hansen 100016,3417

Thanks for the info.

#: 19639 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    22-Jan-94  22:54:47
Sb: #19633-#OSK Disk DeFragmenter
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 (X)

Not to throw cold water on software...but isn't it just as easy to backup (file
by file) the HD to tape or another HD (you can get a HD for about the same
price as the software under discussion). BTW, I saw the program MG is selling
demo'ed at the Atlanta Fest and it appeared to be working well and fast. I did
try the one B&B sold for the Coco and all it did was work for a long time and
then crash my HD. Only tried it once <g>.

There is 1 Reply.

#: 19641 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    23-Jan-94  11:19:21
Sb: #19639-OSK Disk DeFragmenter
Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203

 > Not to throw cold water on software...but isn't it just as easy to backup
 > (file by file) the HD to tape or another HD (you can get a HD for about
 > the same price as the software under discussion). BTW, I saw the program
 > MG is selling demo'ed at the Atlanta Fest and it appeared to be working
 > well and fast. I did try the one B&B sold for the Coco and all it did was
 > work for a long time and then crash my HD. Only tried it once <g>.

You're "preaching to the choir", here Bob. :-)

Since I have a tape device AND a second hard drive on my MM/1a, I on occasion
do exactly what you suggest.

I personally have never really liked disk defragmenters. I bought Chris Burke's
File System Repack for the CoCo and never ran it to completion. The CoCo was
simply too slow, taking well overnight and into the next day to unfragment a
20M drive which wasn't all that fragmented. Think how long it would take on a
120M drive!!!

But I may go ahead and get a copy of the competitor to ARK's program,
Speeddisk, mainly since I have seen it in action and know of some of it's more
advanced features, such as intelligent placement of FD sectors, etc.

------------------------------------
 Zack C Sessions
 ColorSystems

 "I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assimi ... OOOOHHH, DOUGHNUTS!"


#: 19638 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    22-Jan-94  17:33:04
Sb: #19632-OSK Disk DeFragmenter
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: James Truesdale [JBM] 71174,3442

 > A company named Ark Systems USA in Santa Clara, CA sells a product named
 > "disk squeezer" that defragments OS9/68000 disks.
 >
 > Does anyone here use this program? If so, does it work, cause any
 > problems, etc., etc.?
 >


I use Speedisk ... and it does a dandy job. Contact Mark Griffith for prices
and specifics.

*- Steve -*


#: 19642 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    23-Jan-94  15:08:08
Sb: windio.51
Fm: Alan Weston 76234,3500
To: all

Since I started using windio.51, I've noticed a few problems that weren't
present with windio.50.  My setup is a 3 MB MM/1a. V.51 restores the
pushbuttons and other functions and also fixes the palette problem. But, since
I started using it, vt100/52 codes are being processed. Anybody know what's
going on here?? Thanks, Alan




#: 19640 S15/Hot Topics
    23-Jan-94  11:03:36
Sb: New Lower Pricing
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: All

For those of you that regularly skip reading the What's New items when logging
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